One cup of molasses, one cup of butter, one cup of brown sugar, one cup
of sour milk, three and a half cups of flour, half a teaspoonful of
soda, five eggs, ginger, allspice, cloves and cinnamon to taste. Beat
butter and sugar to a cream, stir in the molasses and spice, add a cup
of the flour, then part of the milk, mix the soda with the rest of the
flour and stir in alternately with the milk. Bake in shallow pans in a
moderate oven.